Krymson: Thanks everyone for reading my fanfictions. I can't believe I'm writing again. Also, I would like to apologize for all the grammar mistakes, all I had was word pad. I'm trying to make it easier for you to read so bear with me.

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Chapter 2: Sabaku no Gaara

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"Target sighted, standing by" I whispered into the radio

"Alright, move in" Another voice replied

Quickly getting up from my crouching position, I sped towards the target only to be knocked back my a sheer force of wind

"O-ouch!" I cried from my position on the floor and glared at my attacker

Temari stood there smirking, "You need more practice if you're gonna be able to sneak up on me"

"And you were so close this time too" Kankuro appeared from the bushes

"I'll get you next time Temari, one of these days!" I declared

"Yes, yes. One of these days" Temari repeated dramatically

"I will!" I laughed before remembering I was suppose to be some where soon, "Oh no, I need to go finish my work"

"Alright Ari" Kankuro nodded, "We'll clean up here"

"Go on ahead" Temari added with a smirk

"Thank you!" I waved and ran towards my destination. The Kazekage's office

"Here Ari-san, please take these to the Kazekage" One of the officials handed me a stack of papers just as I was walking through the building door

Sighing, I took the stack and thanked him. Being Kazekage's pretty tiring. I wonder how he does it all.

Walking towards the Kazekage's office, I knocked quietly before entering. Sitting was Sunagakure's Kazekage, Sabaku no Gaara. He's grown up, now wearing his Kazekage outfit. I've been working for Gaara for about a year now on my own personal request to train at a new place. We've been on..friendly terms I could say. As friendly as Gaara could get. I still go visit Konoha when I can, but work in Suna's been piling up so I haven't been able to visit them in a while. I wonder how Onii-chan's been doing. Sakura-san too..and Naruto.

"Gaara-sama? I opened the door to find that he was at his desk writing something on a piece of paper..

I stood quietly as he finished writing before looking at me

"There's..more reports for you to look over Gaara-sama" I place the stack of paper on his desk

He merely took the first paper and began reading it

I walked over to the pot of tea that someone had left and felt the side. It's been cold for a while now. Taking the tray, I walked out the door. There was..a sort of kitchen that I was shown when I first came here. Pouring out the cold tea, I began making a more. I took a glance around and saw that someone hand made some rice. It wasn't hard to imagine what I did next.

It was a few minutes when I walked back to Gaara-sama's office with the tray of tea and a place of onigiri.

He was already down to a couple of pages from that stack of report I gave him earlier. How the hell does he do that?

I placed the trays on a nearby table and poured him a cup and steaming hot tea before putting it on his desk with the tray of onigiri.

"You can't just go through the day with nothing in your stomach Gaara-sama" I glared at him softly

He merely looked at me before going back to his work

"Hey! Don't just ignore me" I growled

"I do not need as much food as you do" was his calm reply

"W-what!? Are you calling me fat?!" Growling, I took a onigiri and threw it at him, "I am not fat!"

He caught it with no trouble and looked at the rice ball in his hand

"Just eat it!" I muttered as I took the other one and started munching on it, "I took the time to make it for you too"

"Then why are you eating it?" I almost choked on the rice ball

"Cause-cause I wanted to" I retorted lamely.

He looked at the rice ball in his hand for a few more minutes before actually eating it

"See? It's not gonna kill you" I said happily

"But your cooking might" Another voice was heard from the doorway

Kankuro stood there eating one of the onigiri with a smile on his face

"Kankuro! That's not for you!" I growled and threw a senbon at him to which he blocked easily

"No playing with weapons Ari" Kankuro smirked as he toss the senbon back, "You know how dangerous you are with them"

He left the room with a chuckle

"Arg!! Kankuro! I'll get you back!" I shouted so he would hear

I looked back towards Gaara-sama only to see that he was already done with the onigiri and the cup of tea was gone too. We just sat there for a while, enjoying the peace.

He was writing something again. I resorted to playing with my ribbon that I always wore.

"Hm..it's ripping apart" I mumbled quietly to myself

"Do-" Gaara-sama's voice was cut off by Temari's shout

"Gaara! Ari! Dinner time! Hurry and eat! I need to leave for Konoha early in the morning"

I bowed as Gaara-sama stood up and followed him.

I was training in Suna and also working part time as Gaara-sama's helper. His siblings were kind enough to give me a place to live during my stay here. I've gotten to be friends with Kankuro. He's funny but annoying at times. Temari acts like a sister to me. She's even helped me train at times. It's just that..since Naruto-kun left for his training journey and Sakura-san's being train my Tsunade-sama. I didn't want to be left out and went to do my own training. It took a lot to persuade Onii-chan and Tsunade-same to let me go but they finally came to a conclusion that I would be learning a lot here.

I want to be the best konoichi that I can.

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Krymson: Thanks for reading. I still can't believe I'm writing again! Please read and review.